While I cannot fully blame the cancellation of many NJPW events on Naito not taking the number one spot, it certainly didn’t do him any favors. He had a pretty good G1 Climax Tournament, and will finish out the year still as the double champion. He lost both belts to the turncoat EVIL, but quickly regained them a month later. His first championship defense against KENTA was a brutally beautiful encounter. In doing so, he had back to back amazing matches with Jay White and Kazuchika Okada. He didn’t movie up or down this year in my rankings, but he’s still as consistent as ever.īeginning the year completing his “DESTINO” by not only winning the main event in the Tokyo Dome at a Wrestle Kingdom, but by also being the first every dual IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion. Tetsuya Naito is becoming the “always a bridesmaid” of my yearly lists. His 60 Minute time limit draw against Kenoh is something all wrestling fans should seek out. He has had must see matches against Takashi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Nakajima, and Naomichi Marufuji. His chops are absolutely insane, he’s a top notch in-ring storyteller, and he has fantastic chemistry with everyone he’s wrestled this year.
Shiozaki started the year off by capturing the GHC Heavyweight Championship from Kaito Kiyomiya, and he never slowed down. He has had so many Match of the Year candidates that it’s hard to keep track of. I have never in my years of watching professional wrestling seen someone have so many “five star matches” in one year. That being said, here’s the 2020 list: 1.Go Shiozaki (Last Year: 82) I watch a majority of Japanese wrestling, AEW, NXT, and independent wrestling. As a disclaimer for my list, please keep into consideration that I do not watch every RAW or Smackdown Live.
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